Merchandise Marks Act, 1964 (Act 253)
Section 1(1):
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who (a) applies any false trade description to goods; or
(b) falsely applies to goods any trade mark or any mark so nearly resembling a trade mark as to be likely to deceive; or
(c) forges any trade mark; or
(d) makes any die, block, machine, or other instrument for the of forging, or of being used for the purpose of forging a trade mark; or
(e) disposes of or has in his possession any die, block, machine, or other instrument for the purpose of forging a trade mark; or
(f) causes any of the foregoing things to be done, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who sells or exposes for or has in his possession for sale or for any purpose of trade or manufacture any goods or things to which any forged trade mark or false trade description is applied, or to which any trade mark or mark so nearly resembling a trade mark as to be likely to deceive is applied, as the case may be, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section any goods and things of any kind by means of or in relation to which the offence is committed shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be forfeited to the Republic.
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